Wendy Dannels collection on FIRST Robotics

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RITDSA-0173

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Wendy Dannels collection on FIRST Robotics contains items and documents collected by Dannels pertaining to the Rochester School for the Deaf's 2009-2010 FIRST Robotics competition team, RoboComm-X (Team 3162). Items include documents and ephemera dating from 2009-2010.

Dates

Creation: 2009-2010
Creation: Majority of material found within 2009 - 2010

Creator

Dannels, Wendy (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

In 2009, Rochester School for the Deaf, in partnership with Bausch + Lomb, created its first and only FIRST Robotics team, RoboComm-X Team 3162. FIRST Robotics is an international high school robotics competition, during which teams of high school students and their mentors work for six weeks on a robot designed to complete simple tasks and play games. Co-led by Gary Behm (Director, Center for Access Technology, RIT), Wendy Dannels, and Joseph Stanislow (Instructional/Support Faculty, NTID), the team and their robot competed in the 2010 Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, held at RIT's Gordon Field House and Activities Center

Extent

3 Linear Feet (1 document box, 1 small box, 1 carton)

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

Arrangement

The collection is organized into two boxes. Box 1 contains documents pertaining to FIRST Robotics, organized into folders by topic and then chronologically. Box 2 contains small items (pins, cards, etc.) pertaining to FIRST Robotics.